Getting over anxiety|stress|fear|worry

The evidence based Thrive Programme has been helping people to deal with a wide range of different problems for around 10 years and is a safe and practical alternative or complimentary to, medicine based solutions.

Thousands of people worldwide have used the Thrive Programme to overcome Fears & Phobias (such as the Fear of Flying or the fear of being sick – emetophobia), help the pain of irritable bowel syndrome known as IBS, learned to manage and relieve Stress & Anxiety, learned how to get a better night’s sleep or to get to sleep quickly and how to improve self esteem and feel better, get confidence, permanently resolve their weight issues and so much more.

I practice in Chester, Liverpool and Birkenhead/Wirral also covering, Cheshire and Merseyside. Skype appointments are available for clients who have mobility issues and who live in other areas including worldwide.

Please feel free to contact me, come along for a cup of tea or coffee and a complementary 45 minute initial chat. Together we can work out your way forward, tailor making the solution to your particular needs and based upon my professional expertise.

How to Stop Smoking

If you want to stop smoking and have tried & failed on numerous occasions, then you should definitely try our “Thrive as a Non Smoker” programme. The programme will teach you how to stop smoking, get over your belief that you are addicted to smoking or addicted to your e-cigs.

Scientific research carried out by New Scientist has shown that quitting smoking with hypnosis is the most effective way to quit cigarettes permanently and self hypnosis training can be incorporated into the Thrive as a Non Smoker Programme if needed.

Thrive is specialised Smoking Cessation programme combines learning about why you smoke, the habits and belief systems which keep you smoking along with powerful Clinical Self Hypnosis to help you make fundamental changes to your “beliefs” about Smoking and Nicotine addiction and to then develop the mind-set of a “non-smoker”.

How to get over Anxiety

Anxiety & Panic disorders are becoming more prevalent, due in part to the enormous pressures felt by people to “succeed” or “perform” according to society’s expectations. I estimate that 95% of clients consulting me have at least some form of Anxiety problem. Generalised Anxiety Disorders (GAD’s) can vary from “mild” to “totally pervasive” and as such can either be an inconvenience or a life-limiting condition. How to get over anxiety is the question most people who suffer from anxiety would want to know. Learning how to do that is exactly what I teach my clients. They learn how to stop creating the anxiety and it’s related symptoms rather than be given techniques to use when the anxiety or stress is there.

The skills and knowledge that I can teach will help to strengthen your psychological foundations of how in control you feel in relation to your experiences and how you feel about yourself ie your self esteem, this in turn will also allow you to avoid feeling uncomfortable around your peers, friends and on those occasions when you may have to speak publicly or in a group of friends or colleagues and any other social situations you may find yourself in. This means that you can free yourself up from self doubt, fears, phobias, stress, the feeling of not being good enough, unwanted habits, sleep issues, anger, irritability, achieve your goals and set new ones etc. Living the life you see for yourself and helping yourself get on the right track to health, happiness, success and a bright future.

How to overcome Fears & Phobias

The Thrive Programme could help you to overcome your particular Fear or Phobia. In recent years Rob Kelly and our Thrive Organisation have developed a highly effective evidenced based learning to deal with the widely spread problem of Emetophobia – the Fear of Being Sick or someone else being sick around you- and the results of our research programme suggests that this problem respond incredibly well to a specially adapted version of the Thrive Programme. There are many and varied forms of phobias and fears and these also vary in intensity from person to person.

The latest addition to the Thrive Programme portfolio of manuals includes the ‘Fly Happy’ manual. I provide 1-1 sessions for my clients who would like to learn how to go on their holidays and business flights free from their anticipatory anxiety and therefore not creating their stress response or real time anxiety. I have treated many people over the years for fear of flying with extremely good results.

A list of some of the issues I work with

Most of the issues below apply to Adults, Children and Teenagers.

Phobias and Fears:

Emetophobia (fear of being sick sometimes known as Specific Phobia of Vomiting (SPOV)

Fear of flying/trains

Fear of needles

Fear of blood tests or giving blood or a general fear of blood

Fear of spiders (arachnophobia)

Fear of lifts/enclosed spaces (agoraphobia)

Fear of being in enclosed spaces (claustrophobia)

Fear of heights

Fear of cancer

Fear of thunderstorms

Fear of death or illness

Nightmares

Fear of dogs

Fear of cats or animals in general

Fear of something happening to your children and loved ones

OCD:

Obsessions & Compulsions

Pure O / intrusive thoughts

Social Phobia or Social Anxiety:

Feeling embarrassed/on the spot/judged by others

Shyness

Blushing or fear of blushing

Feeling uncomfortable in front of others

Stammering/stuttering/speech impediment

Shy bladder (unable to pee in front of others)

Fear of public speaking

Presentation nervousness

Fear of writing in front of someone

Repeated failure of driving test

Persistent fear of failure

Overly concerned with how you look

Setting very high and unachievable standards

Fitting in

Comparing self to other people

Feeling like a fraud

Feeling not good enough

Negative Emotions

Anger

Grief

Guilt

Depression

Unhappiness

Worry

Mood swings

Confidence:

Low self confidence

Low self esteem

Exam nerves

Driving test nerves

Assertiveness

Sports performance

Acting or dancing confidence

Habits and Addictions:

Quit smoking

Alcohol abuse/excessive drinking

Drug abuse

Gambling

Nail biting

Cocaine abuse

Skin picking

Sexual Problems:

Premature ejaculation

Impotence

sexual Inhibitions/frigidity

Vaginismus

Fear of intimacy

Fetishes

Stress and Anxiety:

Excessive sweating

Panic attacks/Panic disorder

Teeth grinding (bruxism)

Self harm

Hair pulling (trichotillomania)

General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Body symptoms:

Skin disorders

excessive sweating

ME/chronic fatigue

IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)

Allegies

Asthma

Migraine headaches

Persistent headaches

Otherwise unexplained physical symptoms

Body Dysmorphia

Weight Issues:

Anorexia

Bulimia

Binge eating

Lose weight/dieting/slimming

Unable to put on weight

Picky with food

Following a healthy eating pattern

Trauma:

PTSD – post traumatic stress disorder

Rape and assault

Sexual Abuse

Bereavement

Sleeping Problems:

Insomnia, unable to sleep

Persistent tiredness

Nightmares

Bed wetting

Broken sleep

Coming along for a chat is the first step you will make to changing and shaping your future happiness so please get in touch today and we will find a good time to sit down together and work out how you can get there. 07984177527, pat.harland@btconnect.com I look forward to helping you on that road to improving your life. Thank you for taking the time to browse my site.